54: part 3 of the fluids

And today we are moving down in the body because we are heading to the intestines.

Now, when most people think about the intestines, the large intestine and the small intestine, they think about digestion and waste removal.

And the small intestine processes nutrients and the large intestine gets rid of what's left.

That's the kind of the Western feel.

But in Chinese medicine, these organs are so much more than just drain pipes.

They have an active filtering function, a separating function.

And you could even say a recycling function.

They reabsorb a portion of the fluids.

And in Chinese medicine, this whole process is supervised by the spleen.

Which is why you will find so many spleen myelin points that regulate the intestines, where there is something off with the fluid metabolism.

And if the small intestine and the large intestine cannot do the job properly, you will see the effect pretty quickly.

in how much urine someone produces, in the quality of their stools, and how watery and dry things are.

And basically, you could say, in the fluid balance of the entire body.